Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard)
@alans-world.bsky.social
James Baldwin —'I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.'
Reckons own, Facts immutable.
Irish/Scots/Filipino Aotearoan Socialist in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington.
POLITICAL BLOG (so we're clear AF where I stand!)
http://tiny.cc/ncwf001
Reckons own, Facts immutable.
Irish/Scots/Filipino Aotearoan Socialist in Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington.
POLITICAL BLOG (so we're clear AF where I stand!)
http://tiny.cc/ncwf001
Pinned
The ultimate "National Security Directive" for any Nation lies not in its ability to pummel people, but to commit to real people-oriented policies that bring a Nation together *meaningfully* to prevent severe mass alienation from each other: health, housing, education, employment.
Reposted by Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard)
Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on two villages in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Nov. 19, as Israel continued cross-border attacks despite a ceasefire agreement reached on Nov. 27, 2024.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on two villages in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Nov. 19, as Israel continued cross-border attacks despite a ceasefire agreement reached on Nov. 27, 2024.
The super rich are screwing the hell out of our entire planet - and that whole "let them eat cake" game they play on us?
Well they've only gotten *worse* since then - threatening the literal planet at this point. We *cannot continue tolerating this*.
They just won't stop until WE *make* them stop.
Well they've only gotten *worse* since then - threatening the literal planet at this point. We *cannot continue tolerating this*.
They just won't stop until WE *make* them stop.
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The super rich are screwing the hell out of our entire planet - and that whole "let them eat cake" game they play on us?
Well they've only gotten *worse* since then - threatening the literal planet at this point. We *cannot continue tolerating this*.
They just won't stop until WE *make* them stop.
Well they've only gotten *worse* since then - threatening the literal planet at this point. We *cannot continue tolerating this*.
They just won't stop until WE *make* them stop.
$2.9T.
In. A. Single. Year.
Add it to the OBSCENE profiteering extracted during the height of Covid, a lot from *the already worst off*, riding roughshod over workers we *said* we "valued!", only to *throw in the dumpster* after, many laid off *en masse* by various Govts to "rEcOVeR tHE eCONomy".
In. A. Single. Year.
Add it to the OBSCENE profiteering extracted during the height of Covid, a lot from *the already worst off*, riding roughshod over workers we *said* we "valued!", only to *throw in the dumpster* after, many laid off *en masse* by various Govts to "rEcOVeR tHE eCONomy".
Billionaires in the world’s leading economies made US$2.2 trillion (S$2.9 trillion) in 2024, which would have been enough to lift all the world’s poor out of poverty, global campaign group Oxfam said on Nov 20.
G-20 billionaires could end world poverty in one year’s earnings: Oxfam
Billionaires in the world’s leading economies made US$2.2 trillion (S$2.9 trillion) in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
$2.9T.
In. A. Single. Year.
Add it to the OBSCENE profiteering extracted during the height of Covid, a lot from *the already worst off*, riding roughshod over workers we *said* we "valued!", only to *throw in the dumpster* after, many laid off *en masse* by various Govts to "rEcOVeR tHE eCONomy".
In. A. Single. Year.
Add it to the OBSCENE profiteering extracted during the height of Covid, a lot from *the already worst off*, riding roughshod over workers we *said* we "valued!", only to *throw in the dumpster* after, many laid off *en masse* by various Govts to "rEcOVeR tHE eCONomy".
#NZpol
"Doctors using the AI tool were able to see, on average, one additional patient per shift because of the time saved" proclaims Simeon the Simple.
Er OK, sure, but *funding the health system properly to start with* instead of *destroying it* would've helped too? Just throwing ideas around 🙄
"Doctors using the AI tool were able to see, on average, one additional patient per shift because of the time saved" proclaims Simeon the Simple.
Er OK, sure, but *funding the health system properly to start with* instead of *destroying it* would've helped too? Just throwing ideas around 🙄
'[Ethics professor Angela] Ballantyne said she was concerned that the Hawke's Bay trial - which reviewed the experience of eight clinicians using the tools - had not gone into enough depth ahead of being implemented through the country's hospitals.'
AI scribe tool rolled out to emergency departments, promises to slash clinicians' admin
While some clinicians are heralding the technology as "the way of the future", others say more evaluation is needed.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#NZpol
"Doctors using the AI tool were able to see, on average, one additional patient per shift because of the time saved" proclaims Simeon the Simple.
Er OK, sure, but *funding the health system properly to start with* instead of *destroying it* would've helped too? Just throwing ideas around 🙄
"Doctors using the AI tool were able to see, on average, one additional patient per shift because of the time saved" proclaims Simeon the Simple.
Er OK, sure, but *funding the health system properly to start with* instead of *destroying it* would've helped too? Just throwing ideas around 🙄
There's a connected thread which resonates... too well(!) with my experiences navigating clients through (I'll rephrase that, *wrenching them away*(!) from) builds that were, to put it mildly, pointless bloat.
Quite hard though to get people out of the mindset of jumping all over various trends.
Quite hard though to get people out of the mindset of jumping all over various trends.
We invented a universal hypertext medium that is persistent and stable over decades-long time scales. Then, we made it unstable by continually shoving in all the features of modern operating systems and apps. Reinventing the medium over and over, using more memory and bandwidth each time round.
Man, do I ever feel this as an Old in the web development world. So many overengineered single-page dynamic framework "apps" being built for sites with extremely static content, when late-1990s tech (HTML, CSS, server-side rendering, aggessive caching) would be lightning quick & fit for purpose.
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
There's a connected thread which resonates... too well(!) with my experiences navigating clients through (I'll rephrase that, *wrenching them away*(!) from) builds that were, to put it mildly, pointless bloat.
Quite hard though to get people out of the mindset of jumping all over various trends.
Quite hard though to get people out of the mindset of jumping all over various trends.
Reposted by Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard)
Adam Parsons manages to do a 2 minute report on the devastation in Gaza without once mentioning who's responsible.
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Adam Parsons manages to do a 2 minute report on the devastation in Gaza without once mentioning who's responsible.
#NZpol
"Bringing COP to the Pacific, with a Pacific view of the world and the issues we see in the region, would have been really important," he [LUXON] said.
It could've been, if YOU were actually interested in doing anything about it, which you clearly AREN'T.
I suspect this had a part to play.
"Bringing COP to the Pacific, with a Pacific view of the world and the issues we see in the region, would have been really important," he [LUXON] said.
It could've been, if YOU were actually interested in doing anything about it, which you clearly AREN'T.
I suspect this had a part to play.
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#NZpol
"Bringing COP to the Pacific, with a Pacific view of the world and the issues we see in the region, would have been really important," he [LUXON] said.
It could've been, if YOU were actually interested in doing anything about it, which you clearly AREN'T.
I suspect this had a part to play.
"Bringing COP to the Pacific, with a Pacific view of the world and the issues we see in the region, would have been really important," he [LUXON] said.
It could've been, if YOU were actually interested in doing anything about it, which you clearly AREN'T.
I suspect this had a part to play.
#NZpol
Winston fell into the trap of thinking that reacting against everything when convenient isn't utterly transparent to people AND that we somehow can't trawl *his actual voting record*. JFC, it's amateur.
There's a reason "I can't believe what you say, because I see what you DO" is on my bio.
Winston fell into the trap of thinking that reacting against everything when convenient isn't utterly transparent to people AND that we somehow can't trawl *his actual voting record*. JFC, it's amateur.
There's a reason "I can't believe what you say, because I see what you DO" is on my bio.
Winston pretending he is not part of this government again. Or maybe another example of his senile dementia progressing #nzpol
Then WTAF did you vote for it days ago? Waste of money, time and resources. Winston doesn’t deserve to be back. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... ‘We’ll get rid of it’: NZ First leader Winston Peters promises to repeal two-day-old Regulatory Standards Act
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... ‘We’ll get rid of it’: NZ First leader Winston Peters promises to repeal two-day-old Regulatory Standards Act
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
#NZpol
Winston fell into the trap of thinking that reacting against everything when convenient isn't utterly transparent to people AND that we somehow can't trawl *his actual voting record*. JFC, it's amateur.
There's a reason "I can't believe what you say, because I see what you DO" is on my bio.
Winston fell into the trap of thinking that reacting against everything when convenient isn't utterly transparent to people AND that we somehow can't trawl *his actual voting record*. JFC, it's amateur.
There's a reason "I can't believe what you say, because I see what you DO" is on my bio.
#NZpol
The Bish: sneering hypocrite who shifted funds from an already neglected area (providing *housing*) over to another (doesn't matter what, it's the point that truly counts) to simply, be honest, *burnish his image*.
Janet Wilson: Are you REALLY this f'n stupid?
Audrey Young: Lalalalalalalala
The Bish: sneering hypocrite who shifted funds from an already neglected area (providing *housing*) over to another (doesn't matter what, it's the point that truly counts) to simply, be honest, *burnish his image*.
Janet Wilson: Are you REALLY this f'n stupid?
Audrey Young: Lalalalalalalala
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
#NZpol
The Bish: sneering hypocrite who shifted funds from an already neglected area (providing *housing*) over to another (doesn't matter what, it's the point that truly counts) to simply, be honest, *burnish his image*.
Janet Wilson: Are you REALLY this f'n stupid?
Audrey Young: Lalalalalalalala
The Bish: sneering hypocrite who shifted funds from an already neglected area (providing *housing*) over to another (doesn't matter what, it's the point that truly counts) to simply, be honest, *burnish his image*.
Janet Wilson: Are you REALLY this f'n stupid?
Audrey Young: Lalalalalalalala
I fear Sophie is exactly right here - this is part of an *actual* 'capital flight' we're not getting honest answers to (instead, journos, even when they state obvious shit such as, and I'm paraphrasing ofc: 'BRO! You just swept $640M under the carpet, WTF?!', you get screaming from the Minister).
and where's the IREX wharf and terminal infrastructure in that bill, Winston?
oh, coming out of the Health budget is it
#nzpol
oh, coming out of the Health budget is it
#nzpol
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I fear Sophie is exactly right here - this is part of an *actual* 'capital flight' we're not getting honest answers to (instead, journos, even when they state obvious shit such as, and I'm paraphrasing ofc: 'BRO! You just swept $640M under the carpet, WTF?!', you get screaming from the Minister).
#NZpol
Similar to claims Potaka makes here, that he "doesn't want to put up with a motel generation of kids", Paula Bennett had similar: she angrily said she was "not going to build a country full of State Houses!".
ANYTHING BUT ADMIT TO THE PROBLEM!
They have *NO INTENTION OF SORTING THIS OUT*!
Similar to claims Potaka makes here, that he "doesn't want to put up with a motel generation of kids", Paula Bennett had similar: she angrily said she was "not going to build a country full of State Houses!".
ANYTHING BUT ADMIT TO THE PROBLEM!
They have *NO INTENTION OF SORTING THIS OUT*!
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#NZpol
Similar to claims Potaka makes here, that he "doesn't want to put up with a motel generation of kids", Paula Bennett had similar: she angrily said she was "not going to build a country full of State Houses!".
ANYTHING BUT ADMIT TO THE PROBLEM!
They have *NO INTENTION OF SORTING THIS OUT*!
Similar to claims Potaka makes here, that he "doesn't want to put up with a motel generation of kids", Paula Bennett had similar: she angrily said she was "not going to build a country full of State Houses!".
ANYTHING BUT ADMIT TO THE PROBLEM!
They have *NO INTENTION OF SORTING THIS OUT*!
#NZpol
Setting aside any particular feelings about gambling itself per se, don't lose sight of the through-line: an *unrelenting* dismantling of Aotearoa.
ACT may get the lions share of attention here, but *National never gave this project up*.
The overall ideology was *always* a package deal.
Setting aside any particular feelings about gambling itself per se, don't lose sight of the through-line: an *unrelenting* dismantling of Aotearoa.
ACT may get the lions share of attention here, but *National never gave this project up*.
The overall ideology was *always* a package deal.
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#NZpol
Setting aside any particular feelings about gambling itself per se, don't lose sight of the through-line: an *unrelenting* dismantling of Aotearoa.
ACT may get the lions share of attention here, but *National never gave this project up*.
The overall ideology was *always* a package deal.
Setting aside any particular feelings about gambling itself per se, don't lose sight of the through-line: an *unrelenting* dismantling of Aotearoa.
ACT may get the lions share of attention here, but *National never gave this project up*.
The overall ideology was *always* a package deal.
#NZpol
Like most people easily led by Crime Porn and "Copaganda", the PM has only "get this all out of my sight, that'll mean I've 'solved' it" brain:
"I understand... the financial implication of... restoring law and order in New Zealand, but we make no apologies about that," he said.
F'n 🤡 BS
Like most people easily led by Crime Porn and "Copaganda", the PM has only "get this all out of my sight, that'll mean I've 'solved' it" brain:
"I understand... the financial implication of... restoring law and order in New Zealand, but we make no apologies about that," he said.
F'n 🤡 BS
Luxon calls growing prisoner numbers 'a good thing' as police target slips
The prison population has surged to record highs and is now nearing 11,000 inmates
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 AM
#NZpol
Like most people easily led by Crime Porn and "Copaganda", the PM has only "get this all out of my sight, that'll mean I've 'solved' it" brain:
"I understand... the financial implication of... restoring law and order in New Zealand, but we make no apologies about that," he said.
F'n 🤡 BS
Like most people easily led by Crime Porn and "Copaganda", the PM has only "get this all out of my sight, that'll mean I've 'solved' it" brain:
"I understand... the financial implication of... restoring law and order in New Zealand, but we make no apologies about that," he said.
F'n 🤡 BS
#NZpol
Any time she uses flailing-because-they're-utter-fuckups "arguments" like "Fantasy jobs!" or "The Greens may believe in fairytale jobs but I believe in actual jobs right now that pay people,” just let them have it.
Sick AF of this venal, ignorant NOISE from apparently full grown f'n adults.
Any time she uses flailing-because-they're-utter-fuckups "arguments" like "Fantasy jobs!" or "The Greens may believe in fairytale jobs but I believe in actual jobs right now that pay people,” just let them have it.
Sick AF of this venal, ignorant NOISE from apparently full grown f'n adults.
Interesting that the photos of Willis are changing. In this unflattering one, she is literally looking/glaring over her shoulder. The tide is turning for her #NZPol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
‘Doolally, economic vandalism’ - Willis blasts Greens’ mining intervention
The Greens’ promise to revoke fast-tracked consents on seven mining projects has prompted government ministers to come out swinging, and one mining company to defend itself.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
#NZpol
Any time she uses flailing-because-they're-utter-fuckups "arguments" like "Fantasy jobs!" or "The Greens may believe in fairytale jobs but I believe in actual jobs right now that pay people,” just let them have it.
Sick AF of this venal, ignorant NOISE from apparently full grown f'n adults.
Any time she uses flailing-because-they're-utter-fuckups "arguments" like "Fantasy jobs!" or "The Greens may believe in fairytale jobs but I believe in actual jobs right now that pay people,” just let them have it.
Sick AF of this venal, ignorant NOISE from apparently full grown f'n adults.
#NZpol
An absolutely RIDICULOUS regime, 1 in 10 false positives is the current "accuracy" of the machines they intend to use (but "no testing device met the 2022 standards" FFS!)
Efficacy of certain testing approaches also discussed in this (2020) Research overview...
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
An absolutely RIDICULOUS regime, 1 in 10 false positives is the current "accuracy" of the machines they intend to use (but "no testing device met the 2022 standards" FFS!)
Efficacy of certain testing approaches also discussed in this (2020) Research overview...
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
#NZpol
An absolutely RIDICULOUS regime, 1 in 10 false positives is the current "accuracy" of the machines they intend to use (but "no testing device met the 2022 standards" FFS!)
Efficacy of certain testing approaches also discussed in this (2020) Research overview...
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
An absolutely RIDICULOUS regime, 1 in 10 false positives is the current "accuracy" of the machines they intend to use (but "no testing device met the 2022 standards" FFS!)
Efficacy of certain testing approaches also discussed in this (2020) Research overview...
www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
#NZpol
Destined to fail, cause unnecessary work for Courts (IMO there's *going* to be a backlog of quite legit med patients because there'll be doubtless quite a few snagged *but not actually impaired at all*, yet there's *no clear procedure yet* for handling this!).
A VERY ill-considered policy.
Destined to fail, cause unnecessary work for Courts (IMO there's *going* to be a backlog of quite legit med patients because there'll be doubtless quite a few snagged *but not actually impaired at all*, yet there's *no clear procedure yet* for handling this!).
A VERY ill-considered policy.
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
#NZpol
Destined to fail, cause unnecessary work for Courts (IMO there's *going* to be a backlog of quite legit med patients because there'll be doubtless quite a few snagged *but not actually impaired at all*, yet there's *no clear procedure yet* for handling this!).
A VERY ill-considered policy.
Destined to fail, cause unnecessary work for Courts (IMO there's *going* to be a backlog of quite legit med patients because there'll be doubtless quite a few snagged *but not actually impaired at all*, yet there's *no clear procedure yet* for handling this!).
A VERY ill-considered policy.
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#NZpol
The wording of the karakia in question?
“Come forth from above, come forth from below, come forth from within, come forth from the environment, vitality and wellbeing for all, strengthened in unity.”
Now that's just *way too much* to handle, gotta walk out on such radical sentiments! 😒
The wording of the karakia in question?
“Come forth from above, come forth from below, come forth from within, come forth from the environment, vitality and wellbeing for all, strengthened in unity.”
Now that's just *way too much* to handle, gotta walk out on such radical sentiments! 😒
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
#NZpol
The wording of the karakia in question?
“Come forth from above, come forth from below, come forth from within, come forth from the environment, vitality and wellbeing for all, strengthened in unity.”
Now that's just *way too much* to handle, gotta walk out on such radical sentiments! 😒
The wording of the karakia in question?
“Come forth from above, come forth from below, come forth from within, come forth from the environment, vitality and wellbeing for all, strengthened in unity.”
Now that's just *way too much* to handle, gotta walk out on such radical sentiments! 😒
#NZpol
I keep thinking of Seymour when I read lines like this... I mean, there's a reason he was kept before from having the power he now has. Very good reasons: because he WON'T reform.
"you can reform and be a better person and look inward, or you can go and become a full fascist authoritarian."
I keep thinking of Seymour when I read lines like this... I mean, there's a reason he was kept before from having the power he now has. Very good reasons: because he WON'T reform.
"you can reform and be a better person and look inward, or you can go and become a full fascist authoritarian."
'Everybody has an origin story, and all these people in power have been rejected by polite society. There are two ways to handle that: you can reform and be a better person and look inward, or you can go and become a full fascist authoritarian.'
@bencollins.bsky.social
@bencollins.bsky.social
Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
#NZpol
I keep thinking of Seymour when I read lines like this... I mean, there's a reason he was kept before from having the power he now has. Very good reasons: because he WON'T reform.
"you can reform and be a better person and look inward, or you can go and become a full fascist authoritarian."
I keep thinking of Seymour when I read lines like this... I mean, there's a reason he was kept before from having the power he now has. Very good reasons: because he WON'T reform.
"you can reform and be a better person and look inward, or you can go and become a full fascist authoritarian."
#NZpol
The reason ppl like Seymour make these hysterical accusations is because, like many on the extreme Right, they're so self absorbed they cannot fathom society, 9:1 overall, quite naturally rejects their BS ideas unless forced to, at times at gunpoint, esp overseas, or being tricked into it).
The reason ppl like Seymour make these hysterical accusations is because, like many on the extreme Right, they're so self absorbed they cannot fathom society, 9:1 overall, quite naturally rejects their BS ideas unless forced to, at times at gunpoint, esp overseas, or being tricked into it).
Greenpeace didn’t ‘automate’ anything. We (and others) just alerted people to the danger of Seymour’s attempt to cede control to corporate interests and made it easier to speak up against it.
#nzpol
#nzpol
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
#NZpol
The reason ppl like Seymour make these hysterical accusations is because, like many on the extreme Right, they're so self absorbed they cannot fathom society, 9:1 overall, quite naturally rejects their BS ideas unless forced to, at times at gunpoint, esp overseas, or being tricked into it).
The reason ppl like Seymour make these hysterical accusations is because, like many on the extreme Right, they're so self absorbed they cannot fathom society, 9:1 overall, quite naturally rejects their BS ideas unless forced to, at times at gunpoint, esp overseas, or being tricked into it).
Welly peeps; Cole is back from six months in the West Bank. He’ll been speaking in Newtown on Tuesday.
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#NZpol
The promotion of Chung - PROMOTION after all that insidious, hideous RW troll did - tells us a lot about how "forward thinking" the Council will actually be.
It's assuredly fucked us for the near future. Some of these people are just addicted to having power, and damn it, it fucking shows.
The promotion of Chung - PROMOTION after all that insidious, hideous RW troll did - tells us a lot about how "forward thinking" the Council will actually be.
It's assuredly fucked us for the near future. Some of these people are just addicted to having power, and damn it, it fucking shows.
The conservative minority on Wellington City Council never had the votes to kill the Golden Mile, so instead they played for time, demanding more reviews and consultation to delay it until a conservative won the mayoralty. Andrew Little has played right into their hands.
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#NZpol
The promotion of Chung - PROMOTION after all that insidious, hideous RW troll did - tells us a lot about how "forward thinking" the Council will actually be.
It's assuredly fucked us for the near future. Some of these people are just addicted to having power, and damn it, it fucking shows.
The promotion of Chung - PROMOTION after all that insidious, hideous RW troll did - tells us a lot about how "forward thinking" the Council will actually be.
It's assuredly fucked us for the near future. Some of these people are just addicted to having power, and damn it, it fucking shows.
#NZpol
His officials it seems had entirely different perspectives to offer on the matter of Palestine.
But being Winston, and gaining power yet again off the backs of hysterics from The Very Easily Outraged, *actual rights* took a back seat... and he championed inspecting peoples genitals instead.
His officials it seems had entirely different perspectives to offer on the matter of Palestine.
But being Winston, and gaining power yet again off the backs of hysterics from The Very Easily Outraged, *actual rights* took a back seat... and he championed inspecting peoples genitals instead.
Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
Foreign affairs officials advised recognition of Palestine
Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
#NZpol
His officials it seems had entirely different perspectives to offer on the matter of Palestine.
But being Winston, and gaining power yet again off the backs of hysterics from The Very Easily Outraged, *actual rights* took a back seat... and he championed inspecting peoples genitals instead.
His officials it seems had entirely different perspectives to offer on the matter of Palestine.
But being Winston, and gaining power yet again off the backs of hysterics from The Very Easily Outraged, *actual rights* took a back seat... and he championed inspecting peoples genitals instead.
#NZpol
"Permanently scarring event" is the correct pitch. It's nothing less than that, this govt has utterly wrecked the place - and let's be honest, the scarring Ruthless Richardson undertook was *never* properly corrected, and this by the Luxon-led Govt builds on that hideously venal trajectory.
"Permanently scarring event" is the correct pitch. It's nothing less than that, this govt has utterly wrecked the place - and let's be honest, the scarring Ruthless Richardson undertook was *never* properly corrected, and this by the Luxon-led Govt builds on that hideously venal trajectory.
The Govt's rationing speclialist (aka MSD) is overheating trying to constrain benefit spending, but the number of people on a working-age benefit continues to sail way above forecasts. We are watching a permanently scarring event here. Grim.
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#NZpol
"Permanently scarring event" is the correct pitch. It's nothing less than that, this govt has utterly wrecked the place - and let's be honest, the scarring Ruthless Richardson undertook was *never* properly corrected, and this by the Luxon-led Govt builds on that hideously venal trajectory.
"Permanently scarring event" is the correct pitch. It's nothing less than that, this govt has utterly wrecked the place - and let's be honest, the scarring Ruthless Richardson undertook was *never* properly corrected, and this by the Luxon-led Govt builds on that hideously venal trajectory.
Reposted by Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard)
The Rule of Law in England.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The Rule of Law in England.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.
Legal-aid is scarce.
Backlog of 78,329 Crown Court and 361,027 Magistrates’ courts cases. No speedy hearing.
The Post Office scandal shows that corporations can hound innocent people. No one charged for false prosecutions and ruining lives.